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UNITED STATES PATENT Y @FFIQE.

ALEXANDER LOUGHIN AND ELLIS L. FOX, OF PORT KENNEDY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHEST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,955, dated December21, 1897.

Application filed March 23, 1897- Serial No. 628,893. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, ALEXANDER LOUGHIN and ELLIS vL. FOX, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Port Kennedy, in the county of Montgomery andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Chest, of whichthe following is a specification.

0 ur invention relates to chests, particularly of that class adapted forcontaining perishable articles or those which are exposed to the attacksof moths, mice, and other vermin and the object in view is to provide achest which is not only adapted to prevent the entrance of vermin, butis waterproof and fireproof.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the chest closed.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lid raised. Fig; 8 is a longitudinalsection. Fig. 4 is-atransverse section. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofa portion of the skeleton or frame of the body of the chest.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawlugs.

The skeleton or frame comprising the body portion of the chest includesa bottom or base board 1, from the extremities of which rise end boards2, which form the body portions of the end walls of the chest, and theseend boards are connected at their front and rear edges, respectively, bylock and hinge rails or bars 3 and 4:, terminally let into the endboards and secured by any suitable fastening devices, such as nails.(Shown in Fig. 5.) Before the lock and hinge rails are let into theseats provided therefor in the end boards a thin veneer stri 3 4? ofcedar is arran ed in contact with each of the rails and extendsterminally into the rail-seats, whereby when the rails are secured inplace said veneer strips are similarly fastened. Also arranged upon theupper surface of the bottom or floor of the chest and equal in lengthwith the interval between the inner surfaces of the end boards is abottom veneer strip 1 which is terminally secured in place by means ofend veneer strips 2, arranged in contact with the inner surfaces of theend boards 2. Thelower edges of said end veneers bear upon theuppersurface of the bottom veneer, while the upper portions of the side edgesof the end veneers are cut away to form shoulders 2", which engage underthe lock and hinge rails. Additional fastening devices for the endveneers are provided by the eyebolts 5, to which the handle-grips 6 areattached, said handlegrips being provided with terminal trunnionsmounted in the eyes of the bolts.

The front and rear walls of the chest are completed below the lock andhinge rails by side veneers 7, which are secured to the front and rearedges, respectively, of the end boards 2, the lock and hinge railsextending outwardly beyond the contiguous surfaces of said edges'of theend walls to overlap the upper edges of the side veneers.

Covering the exterior surfaces of the bottom, side, and end walls, asabove described, is a metallic sheath 8, of galvanized iron, copper, orany other suitable metal or fireproof material, the angles beingstrengthened by cross-sectionally-angular corner-braces 9, and

this sheath is applied in such a way as to have sealed joints, as bycementing the same at the joints, and the upper edge of the sheath isfolded inwardly over theside and end walls and is covered by a fireproofpacking-strip 10, of asbestos or its equivalent. The inner edge of thispacking-strip'is flush with the inner surfaces of the contiguousangles,which are arranged, respectively, in contact with the endboardsand the lock and hinge rails. The outer edge of said packing-strip isflush with the exterior surface of the sheath.

The top or cover of the chest comprises a body portion 11, of pine orother wood of low market value, (similar to that which is preferablyused for the bottom, end walls, and connecting-rails of the body of thechest,) and secured to the inner or under surface of this body portionis a veneer 12, of cedar. Asbestos or equivalent fireproofpacking-strips 13 are let into the inner or under surface of said topveneer for contact with the strip which is arranged upon the upper edgesof the side and end walls of the chest. Also surrounding IOU the top orcover at the three edges not proedge of a cap-strip 15, secured to theside and.

end walls of the chest and projecting beyond the exterior faces thereof.The break-joint and cap strips are preferably of cedar, and it isobvious that as the joint therebetweenis not in the plane of the jointbetween the packing-strips of the top and body portion of the chest saidpacking-strips. are protectedland remain in condition for efficientlyperform? ing their function.

The chest is provided with anysuitable or preferred form of lock andhinges, which, however, form no part of the present inven: tion, and thecorners of the top or cover are provided with protecting or bracingplates 16.

Inasmuch as the veneer, of which the entire interior or lining of thechest is constructed, consists of cedar, it is obvious that moths willbe effectually excluded, while the metallic sheath, of which the top orcover is provided with a part, as shown at1'7, protects the chest andits contents from such vermin as mice and rats and also servestopreserve the chest when exposed to fire. Furthermore, the packing-stripsarranged in the joint between the top or cover and the body portion ofthe chest exclude moisture, which, 0bviously, cannot enter at any otherpoint on account of the sealing of the joints between the portions ofthe sheath, and by making saidlstrips of the material named fire andsmoke are prevented from gaining access to the interior at said joints.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted'to without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described our invention, whatwe claim is 1. A chesthavingaskeleton frame compris-, ing-a bottom, end boards, and parallel lock andhinge rails connecting the end boards and terminally letinto seatstherein, veneer strips arrangedin contact with the inner surfaces, ofthe lock and hinge rails and extended terminally into the seats for saidrails, side veneers extending from said rails to the bottom abottomveneer equal in length to the interval between the inner surfaces of theend boards, end veneers arranged in contact with the inner surfaces ofthe end, boards and bearing at their lower edges upon the upper surfaceof the bottom veneer to secure the latter in place and an exteriorsheath overlapping the edges of the end and side walls, substantially asspecified.

2. A chest having a skeleton comprising a bottom, end walls, andconnecting lock and hinge rails, bottom and end veneers arranged incontact with the inner surfaces of the bottom and end boards, sideveneers arranged below the planes, respectively, of the lock andhingerails and flush at their outer sur-' faces therewith, a metallic sheathinclosing the bottom, side and end walls, and overlapping the same atits upper edges, a top orcover having a metallic covering correspondingwith said sheath, and packing interposedbetween the contiguous edges ofthe chest and said top or cover, substantially as specified.

3. The herein-described chest having askeleton frame comprisinga bottom,endboards, and lock and hinge rails, cedarveneers covering the innersurfaces of the parts of said frame, side veneers extending from therails to the plane of the bottom, a metallic sheath secured exteriorlyto theframe and having sealed joints and corner-protecting braces, a topor cover having an interior cedar veneer lining and anextcriorsheath-plate, an asbestos packing-strip covering the upperedgesof the sideand end walls of the chest, a similar packing-stripcountersunk into the inner surface of thetop veneer, and break joint andcap strips respectively secured exterior-1y. to the top or cover and theside and end walls of thechest, and arranged at their contiguous edgesin contact, in a plane below that of the meeting surfaces of saidpacking-strips, sub-. stantially as specified.

4. A chest having a skeleton frame, aveneer, lining the inner surfacesof the frame members and filling the spaces therebetween to complete thewallsof the chest, and an exterior sheath of fireproof sheet metalcompletely covering the chest, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER LOUGI'IIN. ELLIS L. FOX. WVitnesses:

MUscoE M. GIBSON, MARION H. LYNCH.

